No. “Reducing” implies that you aren’t taking other factors into account, like, y’know, the actual person.
(It wouldn’t be all that hard to argue that ignoring the status signalling value is a good idea, though. And ideally, you shouldn’t have to, I should think.)
A person is reduced to their status when if they were to no longer signal status, they would become of no interest to you.
An “actual person” typically has other qualities in addition to those that make them a status symbol. An actual person is also frequently aware of these qualities and therefore often doesn’t appreciate being just a status symbol.
No. “Reducing” implies that you aren’t taking other factors into account, like, y’know, the actual person.
(It wouldn’t be all that hard to argue that ignoring the status signalling value is a good idea, though. And ideally, you shouldn’t have to, I should think.)
Taboo “actual person”.
Isn’t reductionism fun. ;)
A person is reduced to their status when if they were to no longer signal status, they would become of no interest to you.
An “actual person” typically has other qualities in addition to those that make them a status symbol. An actual person is also frequently aware of these qualities and therefore often doesn’t appreciate being just a status symbol.
Everything they should be taking into account besides status :P